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Good Harbor Beach Extraordinary Tides in the Hurricane Erin Aftermath
We are having a wind/wave/tidal event at Good Harbor Beach and I think the tide may even be higher tonight than last night. There was absolutely no beach last night, the tide came up to the base of the dunes and the water went well up onto the boardwalk paths. It was beautiful and atmospheric this morning at GHB but also concerning to see such a high tide so early in the hurricane season.
Note the seaweed goes past the roped off areas into the dunes –
Mobi mats in the boardwalk paths covered in seaweed
I am filming at coastal locations south of us and just outside of Boston and every beach today had waves equally as giant and red with seaweed as are the waves at GHB, including Revere, Nahant, Winthrop, and Swampscott.
I can tell from the Plover’s foot prints in the sand that they spent the night up into the dunes, as far away as they could get. Our Fierce Dad and his offspring have been joined by a mystery Plover and the three are relishing the seaweed deposited from end to end.
Left to right – Fierce Dad, Mystery Plover, and chick (sleeping)
PERFECT WAVE – AFTER NOR’EASTER SURFER GOOD HARBOR BEACH
Surfing at Good Harbor Beach as the nor’easter is dying out.
“Perfect Wave” by Peter Dayton.
Permission from the artist.
Good Harbor Beach Wild Waves
Wave drama all along the back shore this morning
Snow Squall Over Good Harbor Beach
Beautiful dramatic sky with a fast moving snow squall over Good Harbor Beach
South Light Nor’easter Waves
Not the storm we expected, still some spectacular waves
Back Shore Spectacular Waves
View toward the Ocean House Hotel, three hours after high tide.
#GloucesterMA flooded, Nautilus Rd/Whitham St/Thacher Rd impassable, kayaking in the marsh, woman rescued from car by firemen at Stop and Shop causeway, Maritime Gloucester dock/Blue Collar/Gloucester House/I4c2 underwater
But the Lobster Trap Tree and Good Harbor Beach footbridge are intact (the footbridge is missing a few boards however the pilings held)!
David Brooks and Kathy and Shawn Henry taking down the buoys today.
Good Harbor Beach Flooding One and a Half Hours Before High Tide
At 8:15 this morning, an hour and a half before high tide, the parking lot at GHB was already flooded and Nautilus Road washed with rocks. Water was flowing in a torrent beneath the footbridge. I only stood on the bridge for a moment, but got spooked and decided to film from the road.
The past several storms the area is deeply flooded that it appears as though there isn’t much more than a narrow strip of land between the parking lot and the marsh.
MORE VIDEO FOOTAGE – HURRICANE LEE TRIPLE EXPLODING WAVE
With tiny shapes of human figures for scale
MAGNIFICENT #HURRICANELEE WAVES!
Favorite wave photo from today. If only all hurricanes could be this splendid and non-destructive (hopefully other communities managed as well as did Gloucester).
POUNDING SURF AND A RAINBOW SUNSET, WHAT WILL #HURICANELEE BRING TOMORROW?
Waves, wind, and a beautiful sunset –
Mother Ann awash in waves today
RED SUN THROUGH A VEIL OF WILD FIRE SMOKE
View from our porch of Gloucester skyline with UU Church steeple
Last night’s setting sun’s red appearance was due in part to haze created by wild fires in Western Canada. 
ICE QUILLS
Icy feathers in my windshield
Ice frost crystal formations
Read more about snow crystal formations here
SNOW TUBE FUN!
Happy Girl in the snow with World’s Best Dad <3 – recent tube fun photos.
BEFORE AND AFTER #BLIZZARD
Sunny skies following the #blizzard of January 2022
#BLIZZARD #DIGGINGOUT #SNOWMAGGEDON #BOMBOGENIS #NOR’EASTER
Four feet, thigh high snow drifts, and still falling. Stay safe friends <3
Holiday wreath made from supplies purchased at Wolf Hill still holding up!
MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION!
Wildly blustery at the Point last evening on this the first day of March.
‘In like a lion, out like a lamb’ – the old weather folklore is proving to be true for the first few days of March, 2021. Wouldn’t it be delightful if ‘out like a lamb’ were true as well.
CAREFUL FRIENDS! BRACE COVE/NILES POND BERM STORM WASHOVER – PROCEED WITH CAUTION
A heads up for all the many people who enjoy walking the loop around Niles Pond. The berm is no longer a compacted path but is awash with rocks, pebbles, popples, and even some of the large boulders have become dislodged and knocked about.
A few snapshots more from Brace Cove after the nor’easter
EASTERN POINT LIGHTHOUSE AND MOTHER ANN DEPARTING NOR’EASTER
The footage of the Eastern Point Lighthouse and Mother Ann was shot Wednesday afternoon as the storm was waning, about an hour and a half after high tide.
#GLOUCESTERMA #NOREASTER BACK SHORE WILDY WAVES
More wild wave clips from the February 2nd Nor’easter
GOOD HARBOR NOR’EASTER
Good Harbor wildly beautiful waves
#GLOUCESTERMA NOR’EASTER COASTAL FLOODING, NAUTILUS AND ATLANTIC ROADS CLOSED, GOOD HARBOR BEACH, BACKSHORE
Gloucester’s February 2nd Nor’easter brought rain, high winds, and area flooding. Both Nautilus Road and Atlantic Road were temporarily closed at high tide due to over wash. The waves along the back shore were tremendous!!
BEAUTIFUL PASTEL-HUED BRACE COVE SUNRISE AND SEA SMOKE
Today’s winter sunrise, with the added beauty of sea smoke
MAGNIFICENT ATMOSPHERIC LIGHT DEPARTING STORM BACKSHORE, TWIN LIGHTS, GOOD HARBOR BEACH MARSH FLOODED, TEN POUND ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE, CITY SKYLINE, SANDERLINGS, AMERICAN PPIPIT, AND ANOTHER DEAD BABY SEAL
Look what the storm brought in its wake – great waves, marsh flooding, and dreamy atmospheric skies, along with Sanderlings, Gulls, and an American Pipit feeding at the shoreline.
That’s Rick and Roman Gadbois enjoying the scene in several of the Back Shore photos.
Very sadly though, another dead baby Harbor Seal was washed ashore, this one at Niles Beach. 